By definition political battles are waged in the court of public opinion — which has very different standards than criminal courts. It’s a political process. That won’t seem fair to those who believe Brown is likely a complete innocent — a victim of a possible made-up smear. But that is not all that relevant to the discussion of whether Brown should have been allowed to stay on as leader. Maybe it seems unfair that a politician gets less benefit of the doubt than a criminal does, in the respective systems in which they are judged.

Source: thestar January 26, 2018 22:30 UTC